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Borough to speak with top state medical staff

Borough officials will be having a work session with state medical professionals next Wednesday to talk about the state's current and future approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Borough Incident Commander Karl Hagerman said on Wednesday that the information gained from the work session can be used by community leaders to prevent a widespread COVID-19 outbreak as Petersburg begins to reopen parts of its economy.

"I think it's very important to understand where the state is going with testing, and their approach to the long term handling of the virus, so we can use that information to help us...